The 23 players on the Iroquois national lacrosse team expected to spend this week vying for a world championship. Instead, they spent Friday night divvying up their gear in the driveway outside a Hilton hotel here, having officially declared defeat i

President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed a new Strategic Arms Reduction Talks treaty in April that would reduce both countries' nuclear arsenals by about a third, but Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney thinks this is a bad idea.

Congress approved a rewrite of rules touching every corner of finance, from ATM cards to Wall Street traders, in the biggest expansion of government power over banking and markets since the Depression.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele sparked a political frenzy recently when he alleged that President Obama is responsible for the war in Afghanistan and questioned the prospects of a U.S. victory in the region.

A Native American team forfeited their opening match of the men's lacrosse world championship after being denied entry to Britain on tribal passports. Theys had been told they needed U.S. or Canadian documents to attend the tournament

First Lady Michelle Obama brought renewed energy to the NAACP today, delivering the keynote speech at the annual convention one day before the nation’s largest civil rights group is expected to condemn what it calls racist elements in the Tea Party m

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, wrote to Google on Friday to reiterate his concerns that White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin had inappropriate contact with the company, where he

Pizza eaters have been invited to grab a piece of the Transportation Security Officer pie. Co-worker Michelle Basch at WTOP writes: "...I ordered pizza tonight from a local place, and it came in boxes with ads on them, recruiting for the TSA! I've ne

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has lived in seclusion since falling ill four years ago, will appear on Cuban television and radio on Monday evening to discuss his theory that the world is on the verge of nuclear war, the Communist Party newspa